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General CommentI think this was a true story of a cab ride Kelly Jones took in San Francisco once. The cab driver was telling him how he was sick of everybody selling out and only being in life to make money.

General CommentIndeed this is a song about an actual cab ride taken by the boys in SF. And listening to Kelly speak about him, he definately did NOT like the guy. I think it's against songmeanings.net's acceptable use policy to actually repeat Kelly's words verbatim but something along the lines of "He spent his whole damn ****ing life in that cab, and I hope the ***** never leaves it"
By all accounts the cab driver was very critical of them ("No artists anymore / You're only in it now / To make more, more, more") and anything else he could bring to mind, venting his spleen on almost any topic he could. After the cab ride, he put on a big smile and said "Have a Nice Day" as if he hadn't just ranted at them! So that in essence is what this song is about, the big 'smiling-face' americanism which is so false it's become habit for so many people no matter what we really think or say.

General Commentever thought of the lyrics of the song as being sarcastic? the cab driver is preaching the how horrible life is and sarcastically says "have a nice day" almost to mock their ignorance and nieve behavior. the cab driver is trying to tell them that there is more to life then there obvious attempt to just want money. ("No artists anymore, You're only in it now, To make more, more, more") Whether or not the band disliked this guy or is trying to pass on his message is the only thing i am wondering about...

General CommentI think neenzabeen is on the right track with respect to the meaning of this song. To me it seems to have an ironic or double meaning. On the one hand Kelly Jones thinks the cab driver is an ignaramous who is giving him a hard time when he is on holiday but on the other the things he says to him make such an impression that he has to write a song about it. The easy listening, sugary sweet sound to the song belies the powerful message that is contained in the lyrics. It's like a confession from the singer that there may be some truth in what the cab driver is saying, and it is a wry comment on human nature that we all tend to choose the easy option in life sometimes rather than exploring an alternative that may be more difficult and challenging.

"It's like a confession from the singer that there may be some truth in what the cab driver is saying, and it is a wry comment on human nature that we all tend to choose the easy option in life sometimes rather than exploring an alternative that may be more difficult and challenging."

Hi BuzzAlrdin -
This interpretation is interesting. Actually I had to comment because I thought exactly the same thing when listening to this song. What I wanted to ask you however is, where exactly does he say this - "we all tend to choose the easy option in life sometimes rather than exploring an alternative that may be more difficult and challenging" - in the song? I have read the lyrics 10 times and cannot see anything that points to this message.!

General CommentI think that violetzebras has a point. I too think that the song is about this Francisco-cabdriver who's really sick and tired of his life at the time. And I think that these songs about "everydaylife-trouble" are really good. Another song about "everydaylife-trouble" I like a lot is "Pinch me" by Barenaked Ladies, try to check it out...

General CommentI have their CD "enough education to perform" and it says in it :" ...after sitting in the back of a cab listening to the driver talk about what he called 'corporate communism'.A very interesting man.." So LIVEURLIFE,after reading your comment I must say that kelly is a damn hypocrit I thought he was amazed by the guy specially that I see no sarcasm in it...